WELCOME TO 8TH GRADE SCIENCE

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WELCOME TO 8TH GRADESCIENCE
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Mrs. Karen Joshu

• 11th Year at Altadena Middle School teaching 8th
  grade science
• Education
• Bachelor of Arts Degree, Fort Lewis College,
  Durango, Colorado
• Post Bacc and Master of Arts in Education,
  University of Phoenix
• Graduate Science Courses, ASU

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Personal Information

• Colorado
• Married 30 years
• 2 (big) kids
• Clint and Amy
• 1 Spoiled Dog!
• Wilson

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How I can be reached

• E-mail kjoshu_at_kyrene.org
• Phone [phone]

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The 8th Grade Science Curriculum

• The KSD Science curriculum is aligned with both
  Arizona State and National Science Standards for
  middle school students

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Does this sound familiar??

• I cant find my notes. homework quizzes
• I can remember what we did yesterday in class..
  
• I was absent last week and cant find my notes..

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Here is the answer

• Interactive Notebook

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What is an interactive notebook?

• A place to record information
• Enables the student to process ideas and make
  connections
• Culmination of student work throughout the year
• Demonstrates content learned and reflective
  knowledge by the student

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8th Grade Curriculum

• Chemistry
• Properties and Changes of Properties in Matter
• Periodic Table and Chemical Interactions
• (Periodic Table Childrens Book -
  
• examples on the back table)
• Physics
• Relationship Between Force and Motion
• Newtons 3 Laws of Motion
• Simple Machines (Rube Goldberg Project)

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8th Grade Curriculum

• Cells and Genetics
• Meiosis and Mitosis
• Basic Principals of Heredity
• Ecology
• Diversity, Adaptation and Behavior
• Identify Plant and Animal Adaptations
• Science in Personal and Social Perspective

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Inquiry Program

• Engages students in the investigative nature of
  science
• Students answer questions generated by teachers
• Students explore questions on their own
• Students experience what scientists do

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Requirements for Success
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• ATTENDANCE
• It is important for students to be in class on
  time everyday.
• Lab work can not be made up, but alternate
  assignments will be given at the teachers
  discretion.
• It is the students responsibility to find out
  what was missed.
• WORK COMPLETION
• Student work must be turned in on time. If
  homework is turned in one day late, students will
  earn 50. Ten percent will be deducted for every
  day a project or lab write-up is late!

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My Goals as an Educator

• Influence my students to prepare themselves to
  become successful, self confident, self
  sufficient citizens.
• Teach them to be life long learners.

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How do I connect these goals to learning science?

• engage students in the process of learning
  science
• encourage students to use scientific evidence to
  make decisions
• help educate tomorrow's citizens about the
  application of science in everyday life.

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Lets work together to achieve our common goals